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Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 6 and increased rate of unfavorable outcome in meningitis: epidemiologic cohort study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jul 2013
Koopmans Merel M, Brouwer Matthijs C, Bijlsma Merijn W, Bovenkerk Sandra, Keijzers Wendy, van der Ende Arie, van de Beek Diederik
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BACKGROUND: We analyzed clinical characteristics, treatment, genetic diversity, and outcome of 92 adults with Listeria monocytogenes meningitis included in 2 prospective nationwide cohort studies. METHODS: Episodes of community-acquired listerial meningitis confirmed by cerebrospinal fluid culture were included from 1998 to 2002 and 2006 to 2012. We compared patients and pathogen characteristics between cohorts...
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